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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: 2016 National Cleanup Workshop
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: 2016 National Cleanup Workshop
Registration is now open for the 2016 National Cleanup Workshop, scheduled for
September 14-15, 2016, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Va.
The
workshop will bring together senior DOE executives and site officials, industry executives, and other stakeholders to discuss EM's progress on the cleanup of the environmental legacy of the nation’s
Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program.
EM senior leadership set to participate in the workshop include Assistant Secretary Monica Regalbuto, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney, and Acting Associate Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank
Marcinowski.
Topics will include: - The path forward for high-level waste at EM’s Hanford and Savannah River sites;
- Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant recovery and the National TRU Program;
- Upcoming acquisitions and procurement policy changes;
- Industry, community, and state perspectives on the future of cleanup;
- Startup, construction, and commissioning progress in 2016;
- Decommissioning successes and lessons learned;
- Advanced robotics and other EM technology development priorities;
- Maintaining a safety conscious work environment across the EM complex;
- Bringing new workers to
the EM cleanup program and effective human capital management; and
- DOE’s path forward for defense high-level waste disposal
Over350 people attended the inaugural workshop last September. Additional
information about last year's workshop, including remarks by Secretary Moniz, can be found online here.
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May 2016 | 18 | EM SSAB, Nevada |
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May
2016 | 23-24 | EM SSAB, Savannah River Site |
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June
2016 | 08 | House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus |
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August
2016 | 11 | Third Annual Intermountain Energy Summit Idaho Falls, ID Visit website. |
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September 2016 | 14-15 | 2016 National Cleanup Workshop Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Alexandria, VA *REGISTRATION NOW OPEN* |
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